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This is because the Government used one method to calculate cuts to council budgets between 2014 and 2016, but then adopted a different method, apparently admitting the old system was flawed.

And if the new system had been used from the start, Birmingham would be £100 million better off.

Birmingham's council house

The MPs said: "These cuts are impacting on Birmingham’s citizens and the services they receive now. It is imperative that the Government addresses this issue as soon as possible and makes adjustments to reflect this issue as part of the local government finance settlement, expected to be announced before Christmas."

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They added: "The City has already suffered the biggest cuts in local government history approaching now £700 million. The government has conceded the City has been treated unfairly in the region of £100 million.

"If that is not now taken into account, the people of Birmingham will suffer painful cuts to their public services, from adult social care to children’s services. That cannot be right."